Kalle Rovanperä - Jonne Halttunen - EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021

65. EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021

WRC #9 • WRC2 #9 • WRC3 #9

9. 9. – 12. 9. 2021, Lamia • Motorsport Greece + OMAE • gravel 292.19 km • total distance including road sections - 1285.85 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Cosmote 5G Athens Stage (0.98 km)	52.3	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	67.5 km/h 0.82 s/km	52.3	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"It's really nice. After a long time it’s nice to drive for the people and show what we do with the cars."
SS2 Aghii Theodori 1 (17.54 km)	13:18.3	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	79.1 km/h 0.14 s/km	14:10.6	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"It was okay. Tricky conditions with the grip with this tyre. I still have to think how to drive with the car and the tyre and not use it too much. Let's see how the tyre wear is and see how we are."
SS3 Loutraki (19.40 km)	13:04.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	89.0 km/h	27:15.0	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"It was a bit better now. I saw the tyre wear after the first stage and I could know and manage what to do. I tried to push a bit. Let's see what we can do."
SS4 Aghii Theodori 2 (17.54 km)	13:10.3	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	79.9 km/h	40:25.3	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"It's okay. Even though it's the second loop, there is quite a lot of cleaning after the small cars. I tried to follow Seb's line, but it's not so easy all the time. A clean run."
SS5 Thiva (23.27 km)	15:29.9	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	90.1 km/h 0.20 s/km	55:55.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
“I am not surprised with the time. In the hard compound was difficult in this conditions. The grip was very high in some places."
SS6 Elatia (11.65 km)	6:01.9	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	115.9 km/h 0.33 s/km	1:01:57.1	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"The feeling is quite okay. Hopefully the time is good, and let's see what we can do for tomorrow. I think we need to change the set-up a bit."
2. leg
SS7 Pavliani 1 (24.25 km)	19:27.7	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	74.8 km/h	1:21:24.8	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"Our tyre package was not the right one for this. In the beginning I could use the hards quite okay, but in the middle and last sections where it was really slow, I was struggling with the hards. I tried to give it a big push and the time looks good, so it's nice."
SS8 Gravia (24.81 km)	20:35.9	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	72.3 km/h	1:42:00.7	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I am feeling good. It was a nice tyre choice, so thanks to my engineer also because he was supporting me. It was a really difficult two stages - like now when I had the hards on the front, in the mud it was tricky, but I was pushing to try and gain everything I could in the other places."
SS9 Bauxites (22.97 km)	13:44.3	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	100.3 km/h	1:55:45.0	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"The moment was a huge one. I have to say we were lucky to escape and that there was nothing in the ditch. It was maybe a bit too much from the pace notes, I was pushing a bit too much. I tried to be a bit more careful after that."
SS10 Eleftherohori 1 (18.14 km)	11:05.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	98.2 km/h	2:06:50.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I feel good. Especially when this was the hardest stage of the loop for me. At the beginning, I didn't have any pace or rhythm, so it was difficult. But after that I managed to find the rhythm a bit and I tried to save the car a bit because it's rough out there. I think this one is going to be rough second time. The first one of the loop will be quite okay, but this will be tough."
SS11 Pavliani 2 (24.25 km)	19:16.8	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	75.5 km/h 0.26 s/km	2:26:07.0	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"Let's see. Not happy with this stage. It was difficult with two spare wheels - a bit more difficult than I was expecting to be honest. In the slow and narrow parts it felt a bit lazy."
SS12 Eleftherohori 2 (18.14 km)	10:45.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	101.1 km/h 0.21 s/km	2:36:52.8	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"Of course, I am quite happy. I think we did a bit of wrong set-up choice for the afternoon. We changed something to gain a bit of protection and we lost quite a bit of traction. I was pushing here a lot, and the grip was not good. It was not easy, but at least we are at the end of the day and let's see what we can do tomorrow."
3. leg
SS13 Tarzan 1 (23.37 km)	17:22.7	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	80.7 km/h	2:54:15.5	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I was pushing a lot. But not too much I just enjoyed the driving and I think our pace notes and everything is really well-prepared. I had a good feeling in the car and pushed quite a lot. The beginning was difficult, there was much less grip than we thought and with the hard [tyres] it was tricky."
SS14 Pyrgos (33.20 km)	25:34.3	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	77.9 km/h 0.30 s/km	3:19:49.8	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"It was really difficult. We were thinking it's a bit more dry and it was really muddy in the forest. With the hard tyres at the front it was maybe the most difficult stage I have done this weekend, it didn't work at all."
SS15 Tarzan 2[Power Stage] (12.68 km)	8:34.8	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	88.7 km/h	3:28:24.6	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I was not maybe the most comfortable coming here but it just showed that now everything is going well for us and we can really push hard. Big thanks to the team, everybody did a great job. We had a perfect car and also a rough rally and it was running without issues all the time. I hope at least the same speed in Finland, but let's see."

65. EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021

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